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Objective To evaluate the different expression level of prostate cell carcinoma antigen (PSCA)mRNA in bladder transitional cell carcinoma(BTCC) and normal bladder tissue,additionally analyse the relationship between PSCA mRNA expression level in BTCC and different rs2294008 (C ＞ T) genotypes and various clinicopathological features,including stage and grade.Methods Real-time reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) was performed on 80 BTCC samples and 38 samples of normal bladder mucosal to measure the expression of PSCA mRNA.Genomic DNA were extracted from tumour tissue to sequence to determine the rs2294008 (C ＞ T) genotypes.Results PSCA mRNA expression was detected in all samples (100％).Tumor samples had significantly higher PSCA expression (M =0.22) than normal samples (M =0.12) (P =0.038).PSCA mRNA expression level was positively correlated with advanced histological grade (G1-2 vs.G3,P =0.001).However no significant difference was detected between patients with superficial tumors (Ta or T1) and those with (≥ pT2)muscle-invasive tumors (P =0.250).There was significantly higher PSCA mRNA expression in T allele carriers than CC homozygous (P =0.001).Conclusions PSCA mRNA expression is related to the BTCC and tumor histological grade,however it is unrelated to tumor stages.PSCA mRNA expression level is higher in patients with T allele carriers than CC homozygous,suggesting T allele may increase PSCA mRNA' s expression.
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Recently,some researches have been focused on prostate stem cell antigen and related cancers.Researches have reveled that prostate stem cell antigen is overexpressed in prostate cancer,bladder cancer and some malignant tumors in digestive system,and is highly associated with tumour genesis and progress.This review is to show the recent researches on association between prostate stem cell antigen and bladder cancer.